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Perdiccas
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Perdiccas

Military commander

Born 365 BC · died 321 BC, aged 43 or 44

Who was alive at the same time as Perdiccas?

  1. Artaxerxes II, c. 453 – 358 BC
  2. Isocrates, 436–338 BC
  3. Archytas, c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  4. Artaxerxes III, 425–338 BC
  5. Epaminondas, c. 418 – 362 BC
  6. Eudoxus of Cnidus, c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  7. Diogenes, c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  8. Aristotle, 384–322 BC
  9. Demosthenes, 384–322 BC
  10. Darius III, 380–330 BC
  11. Chanakya, 375–283 BC
  12. Mencius, c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  13. Theophrastus, c. 371 – 287 BC
  14. Zhuang Zhou, c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  15. Perdiccas, 365–321 BC
  16. Pytheas, c. 359 – c. 289 BC
  17. Seleucus I Nicator, 358–281 BC
  18. Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC
  19. Roxana, c. 346 – 310 BC
  20. Qu Yuan, 343–278 BC
  21. Epicurus, 342–270 BC
  22. Chandragupta Maurya, 340–297 BC
  23. Zeno of Citium, c. 334 – 263 BC
  24. Pharnavaz I, 326–234 BC

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When Perdiccas was born, Demosthenes was 18 or 19, Artaxerxes III was 59 or 60, Apelles was 4 or 5, Agesilaus II was 78 or 79 and Xenocrates was 30 or 31.

When Perdiccas died, Pharnavaz I was 4 or 5, Qu Yuan was 21 or 22, Apelles was 48 or 49, Alexander IV of Macedon was 1 or 2 and Xenocrates was 74 or 75.

Born during Perdiccas’s lifetime: Alexander the Great, Epicurus, Zeno of Citium, Chandragupta Maurya, Seleucus I Nicator, Pharnavaz I, Qu Yuan and Pytheas.

Not quite contemporaries: Hippocrates died about 3 years before Perdiccas was born, Gorgias died about 8 years before Perdiccas was born, Pyrrhus of Epirus was born about 3 years after Perdiccas died and Aristarchus of Samos was born about 8 years after Perdiccas died.

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Where Perdiccas’s contemporaries were born

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The 49 best-known contemporaries

49 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Perdiccas. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 343 BC.

  1. Aristotle 384–322 BC
  2. Alexander the Great 356–323 BC
  3. Epicurus 342–270 BC
  4. Chanakya 375–283 BC
  5. Diogenes c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  6. Demosthenes 384–322 BC
  7. Mencius c. 372 – c. 289 BC
  8. Theophrastus c. 371 – 287 BC
  9. Zhuang Zhou c. 369 – c. 288 BC
  10. Zeno of Citium c. 334 – 263 BC
  11. Chandragupta Maurya 340–297 BC
  12. Darius III 380–330 BC
  13. Isocrates 436–338 BC
  14. Seleucus I Nicator 358–281 BC
  15. Eudoxus of Cnidus c. 408 – c. 355 BC
  16. Pharnavaz I 326–234 BC
  17. Qu Yuan 343–278 BC
  18. Archytas c. 430 – c. 345 BC
  19. Pytheas c. 359 – c. 289 BC
  20. Artaxerxes III 425–338 BC
  21. Artaxerxes II c. 453 – 358 BC
  22. Roxana c. 346 – 310 BC
  23. Epaminondas c. 418 – 362 BC
  24. Praxiteles c. 395 – c. 330 BC
  25. Apelles 370–306 BC
  26. Alexander IV of Macedon 323–309 BC
  27. Agesilaus II 444–360 BC
  28. Xenocrates 396–314 BC
  29. Olympias c. 375 – 316 BC
  30. Shang Yang 390–338 BC
  31. Antigonus I Monophthalmus 382–301 BC
  32. Antiochus I Soter c. 324 – c. 262 BC
  33. Lysippos c. 390 – c. 300 BC
  34. Lysimachus c. 357 – 281 BC
  35. Aeschines c. 390 – c. 322 BC
  36. Cleanthes 331–232 BC
  37. Philip III of Macedon 359–317 BC
  38. Antipater 397–319 BC
  39. Aristoxenus c. 360 – c. 300 BC
  40. Agathocles of Syracuse 361–289 BC
  41. Cassander 355–296 BC
  42. Demetrius of Phalerum 350–283 BC
  43. Demetrius I Poliorcetes c. 337 – 283 BC
  44. Mausolus c. 410 – 353 BC
  45. Ephorus c. 400 – c. 330 BC
  46. Hephaestion 356–324 BC
  47. Strato of Lampsacus c. 335 – c. 269 BC
  48. Herophilos 335–280 BC
  49. Nearchus 356–300 BC